This novel ends on the thought that there is only one difference between the title character's family's farm and their graves. The beginning sees the title character transfixed by a girl in a red scarf at a church basement dance before she gets a ride from Denis. Its protagonist delivers lumber to Andrew, whom he asks for an advance of fifty dollars. While the title character's wife is gone, a cat accidentally breaks her favorite pickle dish; earlier he had observed Ruth Varnum and Ned Hale embracing. It ends with the protagonist's wife Zeena taking care of the titular character after he and Mattie Silver crash a sled. For 10 points, name this novel set in Starkfield, which focuses on the titular man and is by Edith Wharton.
This novel ends on the thought that there is only one difference between the title character's family's farm and their graves. The beginning sees the title character transfixed by a girl in a red scarf at a church basement dance before she gets a ride from Denis. Its protagonist delivers lumber to Andrew, whom he asks for an advance of fifty dollars. While the title character's wife is gone, a cat accidentally breaks her favorite pickle dish; earlier he had observed Ruth Varnum and Ned Hale embracing. It ends with the protagonist's wife Zeena taking care of the titular character after he and Mattie Silver crash a sled. For 10 points, name this novel set in Starkfield, which focuses on the titular man and is by Edith Wharton.
This novel ends on the thought that there is only one difference between the title character's family's farm and their graves.
Ethan Frome